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Woodrow Wilson: It will not be easy to direct it any better than it will direct itself.

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It will not be easy to direct it any better than it will direct itself.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson emphasizes the self-directing nature of the post-war economic recovery.

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